Playing the Game

To guess a letter of the word, you may either click over one of the lettered buttons with the mouse, or press a letter on the keyboard.

If a correct letter is guessed, the letter will be filled in at the appropriate place(s).

If an incorrect letter is guessed, one of the PC items will fall into the trash can. You do not need to wait for the item to completely fall before selecting another letter.

After you guess all letters correctly (or all of the PC is in the trash), you may move on to the next word by selecting "New" from the menu bar (with the mouse, or Alt+N with the keyboard). If you wish to try a different word file, select File/Open Word File from the menu.


Creating Your Own Word Files

Word files can be created with your favorite text editor (for example, NOTEPAD). The files extension should be ".HWD" and the file should be placed in the same directory as your other HangWord files.

If you prefer to use a word processor (for example, to take advantage of a spell checker), be sure to save the file as an ASCII text file. Your word processor may refer to this as something like "non-document mode". If the word processor supplies a default extension, such as ".TXT", be sure to override this to ".HWD".

The first line should start with "$SUBJECT=". Note that both the dollar and equal signs must be included. Follow the equal sign with a description of the subject matter of the words you'll be entering in the file. This description will be shown on the File/Open list and on the screen while the game is being played.

Follow the subject line with the words, one per line. You may use phrases instead of words. If you do, place one phrase on each line. Both upper and lower case may be used. When playing the game, the player does not need to provide the correct upper/lower case in order to match. The word or phrase may also contain numbers, punctuation, and/or spaces. These will be provided verbatim to the player; the player needs to guess only letters.

Sample file:

$SUBJECT=Household Pets

Cat

Dog

Bird

Fish


Contents

Playing the Game

Creating Your Own Word Files